The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1954
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
11:00 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 396
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -2.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.47° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.87° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.